Recent content by arnie333

You mention a pin in your model...did you restrict its translational freedom and only allow rotation along its length axis ?

SparWeb, Possibly get a free trial to practice on in the meantime at: https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/plmapp/fe/en_us/online/Shop#ACTION=1189811524 Years ago, there was a node limited version for students, but I am not sure if it is available. arnie333

Sparweb, You will be amazed at how much content you can find on the web by searching for "Femap Tutorials" in Google search and YouTube videos. Good luck.

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I would higly recommend [highlight #5C3566]"A First Course in the Finite Element Method" by Daryl Logan[/highlight] - Fourth Edition (2011)(SI Edition)

Thanks Blas ! And a merry Christmas to you too ! Oh, and thank you for all the excellent Femap videos you have created over the years and can now be found on youtube :) Any chance of having someone dub them into English too ? Cheers Arnie

Power supply unit. if you need to purchase one then i suggest maybe getting a higher watt rating one. Cheers

Do you have a spare PSU you can swop out and try? In my experience all my issues with systems mysteriously resetting or freezing were the result of a PSU unit on its last leg or merely acting up. Good luck.

The books above are all great. I have them all and a few others. However, the best book for your level in starting out with FEA, and matching the criteria you mention above in my humble is "A First Course in the Finite Element Method" by Daryl Logan 4th edition (2011). Check it out.

Hi Is the "CATIA WITH ABAQUS" the Simulia range ? Thanks

kiwi007 Set your analysis requirements in the project window then your structure has to be modeled with line elements. WB certainly has this capability.

When did you last use Nastran ? Was it before 1st April 2009 ? In which case nothing will solve until you install the patch to fix the bug. Cheers

Plenty at MSC website. http://www.mscsoftware.com/support/online_ex/Library.cfm arnie333 ~_~